The percentage of fentanyl tablet seizures to the overall number of fentanyl seizures more than quadrupled, with pills representing 49% of illicit fentanyl seizures in 2023 compared to 10% in 2017. The research study likewise found a considerable increase in the number and weight of fentanyl-containing powder seizures during this time.National Institute on Drug Abuse Directors Warning”Fentanyl has continued to infiltrate the drug supply in neighborhoods throughout the United States and it is an extremely hazardous time to utilize drugs, even simply sometimes,” said NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D. “Illicit pills are made to look identical to real prescription tablets, but can in fact include fentanyl. Credit: NIH/National Institute on Drug AbuseAlthough fentanyl seizures were historically less typical in the Western U.S., this analysis discovered that this area now accounts for most of law enforcement seizures of fentanyl overall, as well as total weight of fentanyl took. The percentage of fentanyl tablet seizures compared to the general number of fentanyl seizures was likewise greatest in the West, with 77.8% of all law enforcement seizures of fentanyl in the West being in tablet kind in 2023. Fentanyl is about 50 times more potent than heroin and a lethal dose may be as small as two milligrams.While some individuals intentionally take in fentanyl, many people do not know if the drugs they prepare to utilize contain fentanyl.
The proportion of fentanyl pill seizures to the overall number of fentanyl seizures more than quadrupled, with pills representing 49% of illicit fentanyl seizures in 2023 compared to 10% in 2017. The percentage of fentanyl tablet seizures compared to the total number of fentanyl seizures was also greatest in the West, with 77.8% of all law enforcement seizures of fentanyl in the West being in pill form in 2023. Fentanyl is about 50 times more potent than heroin and a deadly dose may be as little as two milligrams.While some people purposefully take in fentanyl, lots of people do not understand if the drugs they plan to utilize include fentanyl.
